Farmer's Wife Has Space

Chapter 1020 Return
The savages, that is, the people of the legendary cannibal tribe, they are tall and have larger feet than ordinary people, but they live in deeper virgin forests.

They don't allow strangers to step into their territory, and they won't mess with strangers rashly.

The ten great families have lived in seclusion here for so long, except for seeing them from afar, they have never actually dealt with them.

After hearing Patriarch Yang's explanation, Gu Zheng asked again:
"That is to say, there are really savages in the swamp?"

Patriarch Yang nodded: "Those savages live in the swamp."

"However, that large swamp completely cuts off the place where they live from the outside world. Neither humans nor animals that walk on their feet can pass through the swamp."

"There is a waterfall in the opposite direction of the swamp. Behind the waterfall there is a secret passage leading to the outside, and there is also a secret passage leading to this side."

"The swamp ends at the end of that creek."

"As a rule, those savages never come this way."

"The vicinity of the waterfall and both sides of the small river are the territory of the Chu family. Those wild people will not take the initiative to provoke strangers."

Patriarch Yang wanted to clarify the matter, but his words seemed a bit long-winded, and finally he asked Gu Zheng:

"You said that the footprints of those savages were deliberately made by members of the Chu family?"

Gu Zheng nodded: "We also thought so at the time."

Patriarch Yang was a little puzzled again: "What is their purpose for doing this?"

Is it to warn outsiders not to enter the swamp, or to lure outsiders into the swamp and die in it?
Do you have the same question about the big footprints by the small river?

Gu Zheng thought for a while and said, "It should be to warn those villagers who entered by mistake to leave quickly."

"But it's a bit like luring us into a swamp, or luring us across a river. Both of these methods can kill us, or they can take hostages."

"Just like now, their purpose is to lure the more than 200 people across the river. Whether they want to catch them all or take hostages is still uncertain."

Patriarch Yang didn't ask any other questions, he took out dry food and distributed it to Gu Zheng.

They left and returned in the morning, and it was already afternoon, and they could only use dry food for lunch.

A group of people soon arrived at Chu's wooden house and cave.

Sure enough, people from the Chu family did not come here to grab back the land and food.

Perhaps the members of the Chu family thought that Gu Zheng and the others hadn't left, so they didn't dare to come back.

But Gu Zheng thought a little deeper.

If the people of the Chu family were afraid of him, then the people of the Chu family should have quickly escaped from Hutou Mountain instead of setting up a conspiracy to lure those 200 people to the swamp.

If the people of the Chu family were not afraid of him, they should bring people to take back the territory, or at least the food.

Or simply collapse the cave and cut off this passage.

But they did nothing.

Gu Zheng asked about the remaining Chu family members.

"What's the situation at the exit on the other side of the cave?"

What he asked was the entrance where he and Yue Lingzhi came in. It was blocked by a big stone, and there were still people guarding it.

People from the Chu family told Gu Zheng: "Back to Nanyue King, the entrance is still blocked by big stones, but so far, no one has come in, and no one has come to correct the code."

"We looked out from the small hole where we observed the situation outside, and no one has been walking around the entrance."

"We pushed away the stone and went out to observe, but we still didn't see a single person."

(End of this chapter)